The police of the entire city are
keeping their eyes open for Anarchists and meeting places of the Reds. It is
believed that a place at which the Anarchists have been holding meetings lately
has been found by the police in Walden Avenue, in the extreme eastern portion
of the city.
The hall in which the Reds are supposed to have
met up to a week ago is in the rear of a saloon and is so built that entrance
can be made to it from a number of places.
The building is located in a portion of the city
that is populated by Germans and Poles. The neighbors say for many weeks as
many as 200 men have been seen to enter the building on Sunday nights and that
at times loud cheering has been heard issuing from the hall.
One man said this morning that about a month ago
he saw a woman enter the house and that she looked like the pictures of Emma
Goldman. This occurred about the time the woman is supposed to have been in
the city, so the police think the Anarchist lead [sic] attended the session.
The police are said to have secured some of the
printed matter distributed in the hall and have gained other information on
which a number of arrests may be made within a few days.
As they are doing throughout [the?] case the police
are maintaining a profound silence. They will say nothing about the discovery
they have made.
Supt. Bull was in a conference all morning and
could not be seen. Chief of Detectives Cusack stated that he knows nothing about
the case.
The people in the vicinity of the house in Walden
Avenue were highly excited this morning over the fact that an Anarchist meeting
place is in their neighborhood. They now recall vividly the many secret meetings
that have been held in the hall.
The police maintain their usual quietness about
the case. When Supt. Bull was asked about the Anarchists’ headquarters he emphatically
stated that he knew nothing about it. He added that he would have detectives
make a thorough investigation of the matter.